MAT 131 - Calculus I

Stony Brook University - Fall 2010

For all problem sets, students are allowed to work together. However,
the final answer you turn in must be based on your own understanding
and must be in your words. Per university policy, all instances of
suspected academic dishonesty will be referred to the
academic judiciary.

A portion of each weekly problem set will be completed via
WebAssign.
There will be 11 WebAssign assignments. Your 2 lowest WebAssign
scores will be dropped in computing final grades. The schedule
of assignments is below.

WebAssign Assignment 1: Wednesday, 9/8, 10am.

WebAssign Assignment 2: Wednesday, 9/15, 10am.

WebAssign Assignment 3: Wednesday, 9/22, 10am.

WebAssign Assignment 4: Wednesday, 9/29, 10am.

WebAssign Assignment 5: Wednesday, 10/13, 10am.

WebAssign Assignment 6: Wednesday, 10/20, 10am.

WebAssign Assignment 7: Wednesday, 10/27, 10am.

WebAssign Assignment 8: Wednesday, 11/10, 10am.

WebAssign Assignment 9: Wednesday, 11/17, 10am.

WebAssign Assignment 10: Wednesday, 12/1, 10am.

WebAssign Assignment 11: Wednesday, 12/8, 10am.

Your 2 lowest WebAssign scores will be dropped in computing final
total points.

The best way to access WebAssign is through
Blackboard. From within Blackboard, click on the
link for your MAT 131 recitation. Then go to the left panel, go
almost all the way to the bottom, and click on "Tools". Finally,
scroll all the way to the bottom of tools and click on
"WebAssign". That should automatically log you into your WebAssign
account.

At the beginning of the semester there is a 2 week "grace
period" during which you may access WebAssign without an access
code. But within the first 2 weeks you are required to purchase a
WebAssign access code (either bundled with a textbook, or as a
stand-alone access code, whichever you prefer). Without a
WebAssign access code, you will not be able to continue accessing
WebAssign. That means you will not be able to complete the
WebAssign assignments.

You can access the web interface
from any computer with Internet access and a recent
web browser (the computers in the
SINC sites, for instance).

When you first access the WebAssign account, please go to the
My Options page (in the upper right of the
screen) and put in your email address.

After they are assigned,
the online problems may be completed
anytime before the assigned deadline. You can look at problems online,
print them out, work on them as long as you like, and then answer
them in a later Internet session (before the deadline).
The online problems are automatically graded with
instant feedback.

The online problems are of different types; some
are short answer and some are multiple choice. There are different
problems and different variants of the same problem.
Different students will be assigned different problems. So do not try
to compare your answers to another student's answers. As
always, you are encouraged to work with other students to understand
the course material. However all answers you submit for credit must
be based on your own understanding and must be written in your own words.

Doing the Assignment

WebAssign has a variety of different question types, ranging from multiple
choice to fill-in-the-blank to symbolic questions. Here are some things to
keep in mind as you work through your assignments:

Some questions require entering symbolic notation. Answer symbolic
questions by using calculator notation. You must use the exact
variables specified in the questions. The order is not
important as long as it is mathematically correct. Clicking on the
eye button previews the expression you enter in proper mathematical
notation. Clicking on the symbolic formatting help button provides
tips for using the correct keystrokes.

When you click on some WebAssign math questions an input palette will
open. This palette, called mathPad, will help you enter your answer in
proper notation.

You can save your work without grading by selecting the Save Work
button at the end of the question. After you save your work, it will be
available to you the next time you click the assignment.

Please note that WebAssign will not automatically submit your answers
for scoring if you only Save your work. Please be sure to Submit prior to
the due date and time.

You can submit answers by question part or for the entire
assignment. To submit an individual question answer for grading, click the
"Submit New Answers to Question" button at the bottom of each
question. To submit the entire assignment for grading, click the "Submit
All New Answers" button at the end of the assignment.

Some WebAssign questions check the number of significant figures in
your answer. If you enter the correct value with the wrong number of
significant figures, you will not receive credit, but you
will receive a hint that your number does not have the correct number
of significant figures.

While different students may get slightly different versions of the
assignment, your questions will be the same every time you return. This
means you can print out the assignment, work the problems, and then come
back later and put in your answers. Since you get multiple attempts to
get the question correct, be sure to leave yourself enough time to rework
the problems that you did wrong.

Each question is (typically) worth one point. If a question has
multiple answers, each of those are worth a fraction of a point.

If you put in a wrong answer for a question and ask to have it graded,
you will be told it is wrong and be ably to try again. However, if you
put in the correct answer on the second try, you get half credit. On the
third try, you get 1/3 credit, and so on.

If you have issues with the assignment, you can use the "Ask your
Teacher" button to send a message to your TA and/or lecturer. You should
make it clear which problem you are talking about, and what, specifically,
your issue is. Using "Ask your teacher" is prefered to sending an email
because your question gets saved with your assignment.

There will also be weekly paper homework assigned the week
prior to the homework deadline and
collected in recitation (usually the
last recitation of each week). Graded paper homeworks will be returned
in recitation. There will be 10 paper homeworks. Your lowest paper
homework score will be dropped in computing final grades. The
schedule of assignments is below.

Under no circumstances will late paper homework be accepted.

Problem Set 1
is due in recitation the week of
September 13th  September 17th
Section 1.1 Exercise 24.
Appendix C Exercise 30.

Problem Set 2
is due in recitation the week of
September 20th  September 24th
Section 2.2 Exercise 10.
Section 2.3 Exercise 38.

Problem Set 3
is due in recitation the week of
September 27th  October 1st
Section 2.4 Exercise 36.
Section 2.6 Exercise 32. Even if you know
another method to compute this derivative, you must compute it
here as a limit of a difference quotient as in Section
2.6.

Problem Set 4
is due in recitation the week of
October 11th  October 15th
Section 3.1 Exercise 56.
Section 3.2 Exercise 30.

Problem Set 5
is due in recitation the week of
October 18th  October 22nd
Section 3.3 Exercise 40.
Section 3.4 Exercise 68. In these exercises, as in all Paper Homework
exercises, you must show all of your work to receive full
credit.

Problem Set 6
is due in recitation the week of
October 25th  October 29th
Section 3.5 Exercise 40.
Section 3.7 Exercise 46. In these exercises, as in all Paper Homework
exercises, you must show all of your work to receive full
credit.

Problem Set 7
is due in recitation the week of
November 8th  November 12th
Section 4.2 Exercise 62.
Section 4.3 Exercise 34. In these exercises, as in all Paper Homework
exercises, you must show all of your work to receive full
credit.

Problem Set 8
is due in recitation the week of
November 15th  November 19th
Section 4.5 Exercise 70.
Section 4.6 Exercise 56. In these exercises, as in all Paper Homework
exercises, you must show all of your work to receive full
credit.

Problem Set 9
is due in recitation the week of
November 29th  December 3rd
Section 5.1 Exercise 22.
Section 5.2 Exercise 24. In these exercises, as in all Paper Homework
exercises, you must show all of your work in your own words and
based on your own understanding to receive full
credit.

Problem Set 10
is due in recitation the week of
December 6th  December 10th
Section 5.3 Exercise 66.
Section 5.4 Exercise 28. First do part (b). Then, for part (a),
draw a rough sketch from -3pi/2 to + 3pi/2.
For (c), give an
equation which is satisfied by the x-coordinate of the inflection
point (you don't have to find the decimal approximation). Please skip
parts (d) and (e).
In these exercises, as in all Paper Homework
exercises, you must show all of your work in your own words and
based on your own understanding to receive full
credit.